Niacin - Cholesterol Support - 250 MG (300 Vegetable Capsules)

  I've looked all over the bottle and it doesn't say if it's immediate release or sustained release (is that the right word?). What it does say in the directions, is to "take one (1) capsule daily, preferably with a meal." Sorry I can't give you a better answer.

  Yes. If you drink water with it, it doesn't "flush" as much. I take 1,000 mg it every night. Sometimes I get quite, "flushed" unless I drink a lot of water with it.

  No, it's time release (tiny spheres in the capsule). I still flush a little, but it's a milder flush.

  For the most part it does not cause flushing. Every once in a while there is some, but not usually.

  Yes. If you take it with food you're fine. If you take in on an empty stomach you will flush.

  Does not seem to be. It has never made me flush or any other symptoms.

  It is a time release capsule.

  No, it is slow release.

  Niacin can give you a real hot flash and cause flushing. Don't know anything about niacin amide. No flush niacin comes in a capsule and supposedly dissolves farther down in the digestive tract thus avoiding the unwanted hot flash/flushing. That being said, I have had them "go off" early and cause heat flash/flushing, too. In any case its no big deal. Flash/flush lasts about 20 minutes.

  I always look for the "flush" kind. That works the best. Makes you turn red and itch the first time or times you use it. I like the flush and it's fun to itch lol... but some people freak about it. After a couple times, the flush gets much less or does not happen anymore. If you drink at least a whole glass of water with it, it goes away faster if you don't like it.

  I would not purchase any "meds" from a company that can't/won't answer your questions about their products - that means Vitaminshoppe.

  Don't you know? You're my distributor. Ha!

  My cardiologist said the "no flush" niacin won't do you any good. I take the sustained release and I do get flushed if I don't drink a lot of water with it. Been taking it for over 5 years now.

  Niacin can cause flushing, red blotches and a warm (sometimes) itchy sensation if taken in the non flushing dose. So, if you take non flushing advertised Niacin, the aforementioned symptoms are not supposed to be present.

When taking a "regular" Niacin product and the aforementioned symptoms occur, they typically only last 5 to 10 minutes and disappear.

Sustained release just means that the Niacin or other vitamin is released in moderation throughout the day instead of being digested all at once by the body.

  Non-flush will not give you the occasional full body heat flush. I have used both and did not lie the flush experience, so I go with the non!

  I take Niacin sustained release to help control Meniers an inner ear dysfunction. Works very well. Slo Niacin is not good for this purpose.